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<\/p>\nCollege basketball fans across New York are excused if they are down on the state of NCAA basketball as it relates to the Empire State. That’s as February winds down and March Madness draws closer.<\/p>\n
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Syracuse is 16-10 as Jim Boeheim coaches the Orange for the 47th consecutive season. St. Johns is 16-11 and 8th in the Big East. Columbia is 6-20, dead last in the Ivy League and without a win since New Year’s Eve. The only New York native in the discussion for the Wooden Award is Markquis Nowell of Kansas State, a 5-foot-8 point guard from Harlem who is tied for 2nd in the nation in assists at 7.8 per game.<\/p>\n
But Nowell’s Wooden Award odds are +20000 at FanDuel Sportsbook, and the sportsbooks are listing 7-foot-4 Purdue center Zach Edey as a -3000 favorite to earn the honor that goes to the top college basketball player in the country. Edey is widely considered a lock even though he is slotted to go No. 60 in the latest Mock Draft from Bleacher Report’s Zach Wasserman<\/a> and No. 56 in Tankathon’s 2023 NBA Mock Draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n Nobody should ever touch anything with -3000 odds (you would need to wager $3000 to win $100), but that does not mean there are no decent gambling opportunities for New Yorkers who want to back a team from the Empire State.<\/p>\n There will be 68 teams in the NCAA Tournament when it begins, and the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee will share its top four teams in each region at 12:30 p.m. ET today on CBS. It is a mortal lock that the three most overachieving New York teams will not be among them. They are:<\/p>\n Once the 68-team NCAA tournament field is set, sports gamblers go nuts. In Las Vegas, folks flock to the casino sportsbooks on the opening weekend of the tournament and wager wildly. You can do that if you want, because your wagering strategy is your wagering strategy. But for the more conservative bettors, there are opportunities from the comfort of your domicile.<\/p>\n PointsBet Sportsbook lists odds on the NCAA champion, which we can predict with 99.99 percent certainty will not be one of the above mentioned teams. The Houston Cougars are the current +650 favorites, and No. 1 Alabama is the +900 third-choice. The defending champion Kansas Jayhawks are +1200.<\/p>\n But PointsBet also lists odds on reaching the Final Four, and that is where there are opportunities.<\/p>\n Kentucky, which is 17-9 but has gone 1-4 against ranked teams under John Calipari, is +1600 because, well, because it is Kentucky. Oregon, 15-12 and tied for 5th in the Pac-12, is +2800. Villanova, 13-13 and seventh in the Big East, is +5000 — the same odds as St. John’s.<\/p>\n But what about the good teams from New York? FanDuel Sportsbook has Iona and Colgate at +15000 to make the Final Four. DraftKings Sportsbook has no New York teams listed in its Final Four props. But BetMGM has Iona at +100000 to win the title while Caesars has them at +50000, along with Colgate at +150000 and Fordham at +500000<\/a>. BetRivers has Iona at +40000 and Colgate at +60000<\/a>.<\/p>\n #GAELSWIN<\/a>!<\/p>\n Walt pours in 23 and Nelly adds another double-double, to lead Iona to victory over Manhattan, completing the season sweep!#GaelNation<\/a> | #MAACHoops<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/26IqdHCbEt<\/a><\/p>\n — Iona Men\u2019s Basketball (@IonaGaelsMBB) February 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
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